However, a third party not associated with the fan translation figured out how to apply the fan translation patch to a copy of the ISO, and so the original intention of the fan translation to require an imported copy of the original game disc was worked around. Just so you know, the original fan translation patch installation method for the Wii was a channel you could install to the Wii called Riivolution, and the patch method for the fan translation required an original, imported copy of the Wii disc from Japan to install and play. :)Īt any rate, the point I'm getting at outside of that ramble is that they do sort of care, but I'm not sure if they ever fully got the message about what causes the issue to begin with. Trust me, we weren't offended, even by the really crazy and racist stuff that was sometimes directed specifically at us, we kind of knew it was there to begin with at that point. If you release a heavily censored version, we're not going to buy it if we realize that. Part of what caused fansubbing to remain a thing even when they tried to release stuff, was that for some reason the brain cases involved never seemed to be able to comprehend that American fans didn't want "sanitized American versions", we just wanted a translated version of the work as it was intended for it's target audience. One of the big side issues of course with this came down to the censorship angle when they did official releases. I confess while I read about it, it was a long time ago, and I don't remember all the details, but it was a huge mess. I don't think anyone stayed locked up long, but that caused a stalemate on the issue for a long time. There were of course many people that disagreed though, even in Japan, they had this big thing in like 1997 that some called "The Jailed" fiasco where some companies tried to arrest Japanese fan subbers, who then pressed other charges, leading to pretty much everyone involved getting jailed for something. They weren't losing a sale if they weren't trying to sell what you wanted. At that time the big defense was basically that if Japanese companies and creators didn't want to legally release an unedited, uncensored version in the US, there was no problem in trading with other fans to get what you wanted. I've pretty much admitted in other messages I was pretty big into the Fansubbing thing in the 90s and early 2000s. Companies care big time and try and make any kind of piracy illegal. There is a reason why they pretty much slap piracy protection like Denuvo into half the stuff that gets released. STEAM has mixed attitudes about Emulators and Abandonware, I know messages oftentimes get taken down for mentioning them outside of specific contexts at times, so I understand playing coy.Īlso understand, when it comes to this game, there is no legal way to own a copy of this in order to defend your emulation as it was never released in the US.Īnother point to consider is that I wouldn't go so far as to say "no one cares". Technically at least, noone really cares, emu devs are just flashing disclaimers that you should not pirate to safeguard themselves from lawsuits. Originally posted by Khorneflakes:If by alternative means you mean emulators, there is no reason to obfuscate things.Įmulators are legal, it is using ROMs and ISOs you don't own is illegal.
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